My Inbox exploded with tips today, this one in particular. This unbelievably vile video from the 10:10 campaign takes the award for the most disgusting climate and carbon reduction video ever. It is in a class by itself, which is off the scale. See also Ryan Maue’s post below this one on the 350.org tie in for 10:10.
What were they thinking? They weren’t, because this is going to have the exact opposite effect they intended it to have. I don’t have words to describe my disgust with the video.
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO IMAGERY
Here is what they say about it on YouTube:
The1010Campaign | September 30, 2010http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
Whippersnapping climate campaign 10:10 teams up with legendary comic screenwriter Richard Curtis – you know, Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, co-founded Comic Relief – and Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong to proudly present their explosive new mini-movie “No Pressure”. The film stars X-Files’ Gillian Anderson, together with Spurs players past and present – including Peter Crouch, Ledley King and David Ginola – with music donated by Radiohead. Shot on 35mm by a 40-strong professional film crew led by director Dougal Wilson, “No Pressure” celebrates everybody who is actively tackling climate change… by blowing up those are aren’t.
I know people will be upset by this, please keep your comments civil – Anthony
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UPDATE1:
Some people in comments whether this is some sort of horrible spoof. It appears to be direct from 10:10, as the URL highlighted in yellow below on the YouTube description links directly to the 10:10 promotional web page:
http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
which is a subpage of their main website.
UPDATE2: They are so proud of this “mini-movie” they did a “behind the scenes” video of it.h/t to WUWT reader “scarlet pumpernickel”.
UPDATE3: Hot Topic (an AGW proponent site) in New Zealand thinks this video is “obviously effective“
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Look, this film is about followers attacking followers. “We were only obeying
orderswhat top scientists say” vs people who only put their hands up.No science.
I say, go to the top. Take the Royal Society “guide” to the cleaners. Damn it, we should, collectively through WUWT etc, be able to do a far better job – just using the same format as they do – paragraph for paragraph. If I had the time, wiki expertise, and freedom from hand problems, I’d set up a wiki JUST to deconstruct the RS guide, and invite all skeptics here to participate. We shouldn’t even need to bother with John Cook’s work – though that would be a good second to RS (a lot more “science”, and Lubos has already done an outline deconstruction). I’d exclude the warmists here from editorial rights to the front pages of such a wiki, on the grounds that they’ve already got room at Wikipedia – and can still comment.
I tried twice to start a general skeptics’ climate science wiki but Fate stopped me (the first disappeared into the blue; the second was just before loss of Internet & time available and increase of handicap). I cannot oversee it this time. But heck, it should be possible. Just divide the wiki into 59 pages, one for each RS paragraph.
From The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/sep/30/10-10-no-pressure-film
“Doing nothing about climate change is still a fairly common affliction, even in this day and age. What to do with those people, who are together threatening everybody’s existence on this planet? Clearly we don’t really think they should be blown up, that’s just a joke for the mini-movie, but maybe a little amputating would be a good place to start?” jokes 10:10 founder and Age of Stupid film maker Franny Armstrong.
Isn’t this the crux of the issue. People who believe like Franny Armstrong that we are going to cease to exist because of global warming wanting to use the government which will use the threat of violence to make us comply?
Good thing this doesn’t qualify as hate speech. Or does it? Most importantly, should it?
No humans were hurt in the production of this really stupid, mindless, disturbing, and deeply disgusting advertisement. On the other hand, sensibility, credibility, and common sense were completely destroyed.
What were they thinking?
It’s not alarmism, it is insaneism.
http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/publicly-crazy-1010/
hunter says:
September 30, 2010 at 3:36 pm
The logical conclusion of AGW fanaticism.
I have also long thought the same. The underlying hatred of humanity within the green movement and the fact that human history is littered with event after event where those who dissented from the Authority were ruthlessly eliminated tells me that should the green/environmentalists acquire sufficient power, then they will simply repeat history again, and again, and again.
Not bunny worshippers – but bunny boilers…
Eco-fascists’ wet dreams
and this is supposed to encourage people to do – what???
It’s genuine. The 10:10 campaign is in partnership with Comic Relief & The Guardian. The video is on The Guardian website, most posters seem to like it; check out the deranged comments!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/sep/30/10-10-no-pressure-film?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments
Aren’t there anti-terrorism laws in the UK applicable to videos like this ?
No-one who made the video *supports the actions depicted in it*. It is *satire* and deliberately shocking to acheive its aim of being posted everywhere. They have managed to get a direct link to their video posted on the most well-known sceptic site – pretty successful. Think about it.
Ditto, ‘Sick, but not unexpected’: “Infants of the World, act out!”
“…please keep your comments civil …”
How? The people behind this should be [snipped] in the [snip] and after that [snipped]. The remainders should be fed to the [snipped]. These [snipping] [snippers] should be sent to the higher latitudes of Korea. How could I possibly stay civil about my feelings about these [snippers]? That’s asking too much. May they [snip] in hell. I think I’ve talked for a lot of us [snippers]. Jeez…
What is the matter with you people ?
“Don’t you care about the children ” ( Oh yeah they just killed the children)
“Do you want people to die ?” ( Oh I guess they do, they seem rather happy about it )
“What about the Polar Cows “? ( There aren’t any polar cows, I just threw that in )
Distinct lack of shame or perspective showing, in their big money Gore-fest.
“Keep it civil”?
These people just said it’s OK to kill me for not agreeing with them.
“Civil”? I think, all due respect, I think we’re way past the tipping point for “civil”.
As a “warmist” I have to say this video is absolutely terrible. I cannot believe that a group could approach this topic in this manner. Absolutely disgusting. These people give all of us who believe in AGW a bad name.
Exposing oneself naked in public is called “indecent exposure”. Exposing the darkest regions of one’s twisted, hateful, demented and delusional mind to the public and it is called “raising awareness”. Frankly I would rather deal with the old, flabby, hairy nekid people (as long as they don’t look as disturbing as me) than see inside the mind of such activists.
Not that it was not worth a laugh. They actually thought they would seem sane after doing this. I hope lots of warmers are standing next to me when someone exsplats me.
Gillian Anderson has clearly decided she never wants another acting gig in her entire life.
That’s the environmentalists I have shouting about from here for so long.
Now everyone else can see the real them really up close and personal.
Finally they came out of the closet.
Sponsored so deep in the closet by your ‘friends’ at:
Greenpeace,
WWF (World Wildlife Foundation),
U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency),
U.S. NSF (National Science Foundation),
U.S. President’s Administration,
…
care to add a few more of those so close to your heart?
A detailed list could save many people a lot of time and would be appreciated.
Oh my word…
David Gould:
“I thought it was very funny, personally.”
What led you to become an apologist for inciting criminal behavior?
Btw, I also think this video constitutes sufficient justification to place everyone associated with it’s production or promotion on the Terrorist Watch List and the No-Fly list.
Turn off the lights or be killed!
Anyone noticed how the 10: 10 logo looks like a pair of handcuffs!
Coincidence?
First, they gave us animals (chimp, kangaroo, etc.) committing suicide.
Next, a bedtime story with a drowning puppy and the carbon monster.
Then dozens of airliners diving into the NYC skyline.
Next were polar bears smashing into the pavement.
Now we get the red button – exploding those who don’t go along with their agenda.
These people are blood thirsty.
“Spurs players past and present – including Peter Crouch, Ledley King and David Ginola”
Nope. There was David Robinson and Ginobilli on the Spurs, but no David Ginola.
Ohhh dear… i kinda believe in AGW (CAGW…not so much) But this has me in the mood for a good ole fashioned hippy whompin… I dont think its gonna work how it was intended(unless it is the work o a great saboteur) shakes head to self.